Sedore stove help

[Jht40]

I bought a sedore multi-fuel stove so far I love it but the smoke likes to roll out of chimney and go to the ground I am on a hill so it's always pretty windy . The cap is just a cheap one that the chimney installer used . I was thinking a better cap might be better ? The chimney is a custom 5.75 in liner cause the normal 6" is really 6"1/4 and it wouldn't go down my old 6 in tile chimney and it's about 18' feet and crests over the peak by 6 inches . If anyone has any questions about the sedore id be glad to look for them . The stove runs at about 500-600 degrees and the chimney pipe runs at 150-200 . Also the wood I'm burning is extremely dry maybe cut 5 yrears ago. Thanks for reading

 

[Grisu]

Welcome to the forum!

With a modern, efficient stove you should not see much if any smoke coming out the stack after the first approx. 15 minutes. When you say the wood has been cut 5 years ago when has it been split and stacked in a sunny and windy location? Proper drying only starts once the wood has been split.

Does the chimney follow the 10-3-2 rule, meaning it protrudes at least 3 ft above the roof where it exits and is 2 ft higher than anything within 10 ft?

How do you measure the flue temps? Surface thermometer on a single wall pipe?

 

[Jht40]

Chimney is within all specs just had it inspected and I measure temp on the single walled pipe about 6 inches above stove outlet . My smoke depends on the day today it's not windy and it looks fine going up looks like everyone else's stove and split 5 yrs ago some of it almost feels to light for the size of the piece of wood

 

[begreen]

The chimney is a custom 5.75 in liner cause the normal 6" is really 6"1/4 and it wouldn't go down my old 6 in tile chimney and it's about 18' feet and crests over the peak by 6 inches .

Sounds like wind effect. The chimney needs 18" more height to meet code.
http://www.woodheat.org/wind-chimney.html

 

[Jht40]

Thanks I'll go on roof and measure it just to be sure. Thanks for all the help I appreciate it

 

[Jht40]

So it's 24 inches above roof line maybe 23 3/4 but close I used a 2x4 with a level and a tape so it's approx

 

[begreen]

Close enough and much better than 6". You may be experiencing geographic conditions and/or negative pressure in the house. If you open a window a little on the windward side of the house does it help. There is a cap called Vacu-Stack that may help if the issue is wind related.
http://www.woodlanddirect.com/Chimn...ey-Caps/Vacu-Stack-Wind-Resistant-Chimney-Cap

 

[RFarm]

I too am on a hill an sometimes get smoke going down to towards my neighbors when lighting and reloading. I believe it is caused by atmospheric conditions and wind direction. I only notice it doing this maybe 20% of the time. It does not last long though - once I fully engage the downdraft, all smoke ceases in less than 10 minutes.